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    Pro tip: Omit the dot . before the / to make sure you cleansed the language pack thoroughly.

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      And to avoid annoying error messages about preserving the root of the language, add a * at the end. Final command should look like this:

      sudo rm -fr /*

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        So I know nothing and just wandered in here from Top, but this translates as, “Fuck you, all of you, French language, I show you my butthole,” right?

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          No, this is a very old joke that uses the fact the command has “fr” in it to trick people about what the command does. Joking aside, here’s what the command actually does:

          rm is the command to delete files and folders

          -f is the force modifier. This means it’ll keep going even if it encounters problems and just delete as much as it can

          -r is the recursive modifier. That means it’ll go down every folder it sees in the target and delete the contents as well, and delete the contents of folders of folders, etc.

          / is the target. This is the root of the filesystem. If you’re used to Windows, that’s like targeting C:.

          Put it all together, and this command basically deletes your whole filesystem. A safeguard was put in place a while back due to people meming about this and causing newbies to delete their whole system. Now it won’t work unless you put in --no-preserve-root, which tells rm that yes, you really mean it, please delete my whole system.

          /* as the target works around that safeguard, because technically deleting everything in root is not the same as deleting root itself.

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        Gotta make sure the root language is removed also. Add --no-preserve-root for that.

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    Don’t forget to remove the tuber preserves with --no-preserve-root

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    I thought this was stupid, how much space could a language pack take? Then I tried it and my system is at least %15 faster, turns out there is a bug in the dialogue disseminator preventing matriarchal ascension in the domestic power structure.

    You do have to add —no-preserve-root though.

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    Ever since Napoleon, the Fr*nch have tried to take over Linux to implement their régime baguette.

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    Although I’m French, I still laugh at the stupid memes by the English speaking internet that make fun of my people. Then again, there is a sense of justice in imagining people falling for this. 😁

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      This is very much the Linux version of the old tricking gamers to alt+F4 gag.

      My favorite was when I was teaching a friend Squad, and we were in a vehicle. I explained you hit the F keys to change seat (which is true), so F1, F2, F3, etc. Noticing that seats 1, 2 and 3 were filled, I then told him he can hold down alt to swap seats faster. He then immediately quits the game xD

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      How do you think this is making fun of your people? It’s making fun of non-French people that would want to “remove the French language pack” because they’re not French

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        This is not making fun of french people, but this might trick people who laugh at french people. That made me smile I must admit.